Here you find a table of words and their opposites. Opposites formed by prefixes (dis-, ex-, im-, in-, irr-, un- etc.) are not listed here.
This table is not complete. Technical and geographical words are listed only in a very small amount because of clarity.
| Word | Opposite |
| A | |
| about | exactly |
| above | below |
| absence | presence |
| abundance | lack |
| to accept | to refuse |
| accidental | intentional |
| active | lazy |
| to add | to subtract |
| to admit | to deny |
| adult | child |
| advanced | elementary |
| affirmative | negative |
| afraid | brave |
| after | before |
| against | for |
| Alike similar | different |
| alive | dead |
| all | none |
| always | never |
| ancient | modern |
| to agree | to refuse, to argue |
| to allow | to forbid |
| already | not yet |
| amateur | professional |
| to amuse | to bore |
| angel | devil |
| animal | human |
| to annoy | to satisfy |
| to answer | to ask |
| answer | question |
| apart | together |
| approximately | exactly |
| to arrest | to free, to set free |
| arrival | departure |
| to arrive | to depart, to leave |
| artificial | natural |
| to ask | to answer |
| asleep | awake |
| to attack | to defend |
| attack | defence, protection |
| autumn | spring |
| awake | asleep |
| awful | delicious, nice, pleasant |
| B | |
| back | in front of |
| background | foreground |
| backward | forward |
| bad | good |
| bad luck | fortune, good luck |
| beauty | ugliness |
| before | after |
| to begin | to end, to stop, to finish |
| beginning | end, ending |
| behind | in front of |
| below | above |
| best | worst |
| better | worse |
| beautiful | ugly |
| big | small, little |
| birth | death |
| bitter | sweet |
| black | white |
| blund | sharp |
| body | soul |
| to bore | to amuse, to be interested in |
| boring | exciting, interesting |
| to borrow | to lend |
| bottom | top |
| boy | girl |
| brave | cowardly, afraid |
| to break | to mend, to fix |
| broad | narrow |
| brother | sister |
| to build | to destroy |
| busy | lazy |
| to buy | to sell |
| C | |
| calm | excited |
| careful | careless |
| careless | careful |
| to catch | to miss, to throw |
| ceiling | floor |
| cellar | attic |
| centre | outskirt, suburb |
| certainly | probably |
| changeable | constant |
| cheap | expensive |
| child | adult, grown-up |
| children | parents |
| clean | dirty |
| clear | cloudy |
| clever | stupid |
| to close | to open |
| closed | open |
| cloudy | clear, sunny, bright |
| cold (adjective) | hot |
| cold (noun) | heat |
| to come | to go |
| comedy | drama, tragedy |
| complicated | simple |
| compliment | insult |
| compulsory | voluntary |
| to connect | to separate |
| consonant | vowel |
| constant | changeable |
| construction | destruction |
| to continue | to interrupt |
| cool | warm |
| correct | false, wrong |
| courage | fear |
| courageous | cowardly |
| cowardly | brave, courageous |
| to create | to destroy |
| cruel | human, kind |
| to cry (schreien) | to whisper |
| to cry (weinen) | to laugh |
| D | |
| to damage | to repair |
| danger | security, safety |
| dangerous | safe |
| dark | light |
| daughter | son |
| dawn | dusk |
| day | night |
| dead | alive |
| death | birth, life |
| deep | shallow |
| defeat | victory |
| defence | attack |
| to defend | to attack |
| delicious | awful |
| to deny | to admit |
| to depart | to arrive |
| departure | arrival |
| desperate | hopeful |
| to destroy | to build, to create, to form |
| destruction | construction |
| devil | angel |
| dictatorship | republic |
| to die | to live |
| different | alike, equal, the same |
| difficult | easy |
| dirty | clean |
| disease | health |
| distant | near |
| to divide | to unite |
| division | unity |
| to divorce | to marry |
| divorce | marriage, wedding |
| divorced | married |
| domestic | foreign |
| down | up |
| downstairs | upstairs |
| drama | comedy |
| dry | humid, wet |
| dull | interesting |
| dusk | dawn |
| E | |
| early | late |
| east | west |
| easy | difficult, hard |
| elementary | advanced |
| to emigrate | to immigrate |
| emigration | immigration |
| empty | full |
| to end | to begin |
| end | beginning |
| ending | beginning |
| enemy | friend |
| to enjoy | to hate |
| to enter | to leave |
| entrance | exit |
| equal | different |
| even | odd |
| evening | morning |
| everybody | nobody |
| everything | nothing |
| exactly | about, approximately |
| excited | calm |
| exciting | boring |
| to exclude | to include |
| exit | entrance |
| expensive | cheap |
| export | import |
| exposure | shelter |
| extreme | moderate |
| F | |
| to fail | to succeed, to pass |
| failure | success |
| false | correct, true |
| far | near |
| fast | slow |
| fat | slim, thin |
| fear | courage |
| female | male |
| few | many |
| final | first |
| to find | to lose |
| to finish | to begin |
| finish | start |
| first | final, last |
| to fix | to break |
| flat | hilly |
| floor | ceiling |
| to follow | to lead |
| to forbid | to allow, to let, to permit |
| for | against |
| foreground | background |
| foreign | domestic |
| foreigner | native |
| to forget | to remember |
| to form | to destroy |
| fortune | bad luck |
| forward | backward |
| to free | to arrest |
| to freeze | to melt |
| friend | enemy |
| front | rear |
| in front of | back, behind |
| full | empty |
| funny | serious |
| future | past, present |
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